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Earlier today on Facebook, I shared a post I wrote last year about not letting a single book (Alexie's Diary) be the only book about American Indians that you read or recommend. In that post, I talked about young adults books. In an ensuing conversation, Joe Sutliff Sanders, an Associate Professor at Kansas State University, told me that when he taught Alexie's book and Gansworth's If I Ever Get Out of Here at the same time,
...the conversation had to turn to explicating the differences between the books, and we had to stop saying "Indian" and start saying "Spokane" and "Onondaga." In fact, we had to start talking about poverty with a lot more nuance, too.
Here on AICL, I talk about the importance of naming a specific nation (and of course, accurately portraying that nation), but the classroom experience Dr. Sanders shared is so powerful that I asked him if I could share it. Obviously, he said yes. Thanks, Joe!
Let's bring that idea to the picture book category. We could identify similar pairings that would push students to stop saying Indian.
In the picture book category, you could assign/read Cynthia Leitich Smith's Jingle Dancer along with Carol Lindstrom's Girls Dance Boys Fiddle. Instead of saying "Indian" you and students will be saying Creek and Metis. Both feature girls and are set in the present day.
Or, you could use picture books set in the past, by assigning Tim Tingle's Saltypieand Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve's The Christmas Coat. Instead of saying "Indian" you'd say Choctaw and Lakota.
There are lots of possibilities! I gotta head out for now. I may come back with more pairings. I like this idea a lot.
0 Comments on Why you should teach two books by Native writers from different Native Nations at the same time as of 4/3/2015 1:43:00 PM
I'm especially pleased that WordCraft has selected Tim Tingle's Saltypiefor its children's book award.
As I understand it, writers especially like being selected for the National Book Award, because selections for it are made by fellow writers who understand the art of writing.
WordCraft Circle is composed of people who understand the work of Native people who seek to create greater understandings of who we are as Indigenous peoples. Being recognized by them is a special honor.
A special note to librarians! Head over to the WordCraft list of award winners and order them for your library.
Here is info from the WordCraft page:
Our Vision: To ensure the voices of Native American and Indigenous writers and storytellers - past, present, and future - are heard throughout the world!
Our Mission: To support the work and words of Native and Indigenous people in order to strengthen the impact of their voices in asserting community sovereignty, individual self-determination, traditional and cultural values, and creative expression.
Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers was founded in 1992 by Lee Francis III after attending the first Returning the Gift gathering of Native writers and storytellers in Norman, Oklahoma. Dr. Francis wanted to honor the memory of a former student who had passed away during the gathering by creating an organization that would continue to promote the work of Native American writers and storytellers. Throughout the 1990's, Dr. Francis helped promote the work of numerous Native American and Indigenous writers, both emerging and professional, throughout North and South America. Writers such as Joseph Bruchac, Dianne Glancy, MariJo Moore, Chris Eyre, and E.K. Caldwell were all a part of the organization during it's first decade. For over ten years, Wordcraft connected hundreds of Native writers in gatherings throughout the U.S. In 2003, Dr. Francis passed away after a short struggle with cancer and the organization was inherited by Dr. Kimberly Roppolo and Lee Francis IV.
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Beverly Slapin said, on 8/7/2012 7:33:00 AM
Congratulations, Debbie! This is recognition long overdue.
A few minutes ago, I was reading Cynsations and found out that Teaching Books has an audio of Tim Tingle talking about, and then reading from his newest book, Saltypie. Click on over and listen to it. And get his book, too!
The photo here is also from Cynsations.
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Congratulations, Debbie! This is recognition long overdue.
Big congratulations! Well deserved indeed.
Congratulations! Thanks for sharing the links.
Congratulations! It's well-deserved, Debbie!
Yay!!! Congratulations, Debbie!!!
:-)